The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-07-21
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
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VENTS OF THE WEEAs
Domestic News
Armour & Co., Of Chicago have invested
10000 in pork packing plant at Omaha.
Out OF 50 cases Of Yellow fever, at Key
West, Fla, q deaths had occurred on the
llth.
Earthquake tremors were felt in different
points OF lower South Carolina, Sunday
afternoon.
The New York City directory was issued
Monday, containing s24,si3 names, indica-
ting l,6OO,ooO population.
The crop report from the Department OF
Agriculture at Washington, shows a decline
Of sper cent in the condition OF spring wheat
from last month. owing to chinch bugs.
The business failures during the last seven
days number for the United States 1876, for
Canada IS; total, 154; against Isl last week
and l79 for the corresponding week OF last
year.
THE business failures during the last seven
days number for the United States 149: for
Canada, 30; total, 10, compared with ia
last week and 1S3 for the corresponding
week of last year.
Dr. Henry Carpenter, who was the phys
clan of President Buchanan and Thaddeus
Stevens died in the house in which he was
born ut Lancaster, Pa, on the 9th. He had
attended at the birth Of nearly 6 900 infants.
His ancestors for five generations were
physicians.
The sloop Mystery, with an excursion
party Of 81, was capsized in a gale at $50
p. m, Sunday, of Barren island, near New
York, and thirty Of the party lost. Those
saved were picked by a tug that came to the
rescue. When the gale struck the sloop, it
capsized and all on board were thrown into
the water.
July l4th was the hottest day of the sum-
mer throughout the United States. The
highest temperature was at Fort Sully,
OAK, iO2, the lowest at Duluth, Minn., s.,
and through the central and southern states
the range was y3 to 9s. Iowa,
Wisconsin and central and southern Min
nesota come within the range of these
vice standard.
The Signal Service reports that during the
week ending July the weather has been
warmer than usual generally throughout
the Northern states and on the Pacific coast,
from New England westward to the upper
Mississippi valley and about Z deg on the
Pacific coast. 1t was cooler than usual
throughout tho Southern stat 3, and in the
cotton region the daily average was about
deg. below the normal.
The disaster to the Sloop Mystery was
caused by the action OF Captain Hendrick-
son, (who was last) in crowding on sail
recklessly for the purpose OF endeayOring to
Out-sail the sloop Christina. He was re-
monstrated with but declared that he could
sail the Mystery through gale, and persist
ed in his order for more sail. The reef knots
were unfastened and the boom dropped
just as q squall of considerable violence
struck the sail. In q second she was on
beam ends and all the people were strug.
Cling in the choppy sea.
It is telegraphed that orders have been re.
ceived at San Francisco, California, show.
| ing that the Pacific squadron Of United
States men-Of- war has been ordered to rem
| devious at Honolulu. These include the
| Alert, four guns, now at Callao, Peru; Ju
niata, eight guns, at Panama. and the flag
| ship Vandalia, eight guns, which has al
ready sailed from Peru. The lriquois has
been ordered for repairs before sailing. The
| Asiatic squadron, consisting OF six men-of
| war, will be ordered to Honolulu il found
necessary.
In the case OF w. l. Trenholm, the comp
troller OF the currency, against the Fidelity
National bank of cincinnati, Ohio, and it.
directors and officers to forfeit the charter
Of the bank, decree was agreed on by all
| the parties which dismisses the actor
| against the directors and officers, but finds
that the bank had violated the banking
laws Of the United States in diverse ways
| The charter. therefore, il declared forfeited
This action puts all the assets of the latt
bank into the hands Ut the receiver, Mr.
Armstrong, and dissolves all the attach
| ments on its property made since the banl
was seized by the government
The Chicago Farmers Review crop re
port for the week says: The reports on tn
condition OF spring wheat are quite uniform
from Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, low,
and Wisconsin. The lowest percentage o
condition as compared with an averag
crop is 20 from Nebraska, and the highes
rs, from Wisconsin. The spring wheat j
spite Of the drouth and insect injury, give
promise Of about three-fourths of an aver
age crop. The same condition will ver
nearly apply to the condition and prospect
i've yield Of oats. The conditions OF drOut
and heat have favored the development Q
can be attributed the loss of fully 25 per cent
Of the crops OF spring grain. Corn is ger
orally in very promising condition an
fully two weeks ahead Of the season.
|, Petroleum is being developed in Colorad
in profitable volume, according to the mar
ager OF the oil works at Florence, who says
: ssThere ere now twenty oil wells bein
worked in this State, producing 700 barre
of oil q day. This is sufficient o supply th
demand OF this section Of the West ut fit
ure lower than can be met by the Easter
companies. This will shut out Of the Colt
RADIO market all the Eastern oil, includin
that of the Standard Company, and th
question now with Colorado producers is
handle their product to the best advantag
Colorado oil is the sweetest and best eve
discovered in the world. The Pennsylvani
oil is sweeter than the foreign.
CrimOos
I On the 14th, Jacob Sharp was sentenced .